*Songsheet*

If I were a boy - *Beyonce*

Contractions - Write the contracted form of the following sentences:

a. I would forgive you like that.

______________________________

b. But you are just a boy.

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c. Say it is just a mistake.

________________________________

d. You do not listen to her.

_______________________________

e. I would be a better man.

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f. He is taking you for granted.

Phrasal Verbs – Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:

throw off chase away

stick up stick up for
chase after throw on
turn on
turn off

___________________ = to pursue with the intent of catching

___________________ = to force to go away

___________________ = to rob at gunpoint

___________________ = to support and defend by words or actions

___________________ = to free oneself from (something bad)

___________________ = to put on (something)

___________________ = to cause to operate by using a switch

___________________ = to stop operating by disengaging a switch

Second conditional - Write the verbs in brackets in the correct tense:

a. If I ________ (be) a boy I ________ (roll out) of bed in the morning.

b. If I ________ (be) a boy I ________ (can) understand how it feels to love a girl.

c. If I ________ (be) a boy I ________ (turn off) my phone.

be can kick
Song - Complete the gaps with the correct verb forms:
roll listen put
turn forgive wait

If I were a boy - Beyonce think

If I __________ a boy even just for a

day
I______________ out of bed in the
morning
And throw on what I wanted and go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I________ it with who I wanted [Chorus]
And I’d never get confronted for it. If I __________ a boy
Cause they stick up for me. I think I ___________ understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I_________ a better man.
Fill in the gaps with the contracted form
I___________ to her
of the missing verbs:
‘Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taking you for granted
But _________ just a boy
And everything you had got destroyed
You _________ understand

If I ________ a boy
I ______________ _____ my phone
Tell everyone it’s broken
So they________ that I was sleeping
alone
I_______ myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she_________
faithful
Waiting for me to come home, to come
home

(Chorus)

It’s a little too late for you to come back

Say it’s just a mistake
Think I____________ you like that
If you thought I _______________ for
you
You thought wrong.
(Chorus)